Sister Loretta (Mercedes) Finnerty, O.P., died Monday, April 27, 2020, at St. Dominic Villa. Private services will be held. Sister Loretta ministered in elementary education or parish ministry in Oshkosh, Wis.; Denver, Col.; Dixon, Ill.; Sheboygan, Wis.; Chicago, Ill.; Washington, D.C.; New Orleans, La.; Gaylord, Mich.; and Madison, Wis. She retired to Sinsinawa in 2011,…
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Melrose A. “Mel” Stodden, 79, of East Dubuque, IL passed away on April 22, 2020 in Texas. Private mass of Christian Burial will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Rev. Greg Bahl officiating. Entombment will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Because of the COVID-19 restrictions the funeral will be live…
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Rick “Klink” J. Klinkhammer, 54, of Balltown, died at 4:30 PM Saturday, April 25, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. Our dear husband and dad deserves a beautiful tribute. However, in this unknown time with the COVID-19 pandemic, having a public visitation is not possible. Please be with us in prayer. A Mass…
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Arthur Leroy Eudaley, 75, of Dubuque, died Sunday, April 26, 2020, at his home. There will be no services. Please be with Art’s family in prayer. Art was born November 3, 1944, in Dubuque, the son of Alton and Eileen Kruser Eudaley. On August 10, 1968, he married Jeanne M. Scherbring in Dubuque. He was…
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Lyle Richard Link, beloved husband, brother, father and grandfather passed away peacefully on April 25th, 2020 and has gone to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. A private service for immediate family will be held at St. Columbkille’s Catholic Church. A memorial dinner for friends and relatives will be held at a later…
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Thomas G. “Tom” Dicklin, age 78 of Galena, Illinois, completed his earthly journey on April 23, 2020, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.  To honor Tom’s life, a private family service is being held.  The Tri-State Cremation Center is humbly serving Tom’s family.  Tom was born on December 6,…
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Eugene D. Granahan, 88, of Bellevue, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 at Stonehill Care Center.  Due to state and federal guidance on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, private Graveside Services will be conducted at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Bellevue.  A public Memorial Mass will be held at a later date. Eugene was born…
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Madonna C. (Erner) Knockle, 99, of East Dubuque, IL, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque, IA., surrounded by her family. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Church in East Dubuque, with Fr. Peter Snieg officiating.  Burial will be in the East Dubuque…
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Raymond “Ray” Robert McAtee, 81, of Bellevue, IA passed away on April 23, 2020 at Mill Valley Care Center in Bellevue. A private family burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, with Deacon Loras Weber officiating. The Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Ray was born on March 22, 1939 at…
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Sister Donard Collins, BVM, 88, of 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, died Monday, March 23, 2020, at Marian Hall. Natural Burial Rite of Committal was Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in the Marian Hall Chapel. Burial was in the Mount Carmel cemetery. Mass on Sunday, April 26, 2020, will be celebrated in the Marian Hall Chapel…
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